Case Studies of U.S. Innovations in Mathematics and Science and Technology Education in an International Context

在这个为期三年的项目中，经验丰富的实地研究人员将在由美国数学和科学教育改革运动领导人组成的咨询委员会的指导下，对20世纪80年代的八大改革创新进行深入的案例研究。这些创新包括：NCTM标准项目、2061计划、城市数学合作、加州科学教育系统改革、社区化学、咪咪之旅、儿童网络和当代微积分预科应用。同时，通过经济合作与发展组织（经合发组织）的教育研究与创新中心（CERI）进行协调，将在欧洲和亚洲约14个国家进行中小学数学、科学和技术教育改革工作的平行案例研究。（其他国家将在本国支付研究项目的费用。）这些研究的全面整合将由一个国际指导委员会负责。这种整合将涉及使用一种共同的分析方案和解释框架，并将导致一次大型会议和摘要卷，其中将以适合向教育研究和政策界传播的形式报告所有结果。此外，还将出版一份由CERI协调的关于每个国家的书籍长度的报告，详细说明每个国家的研究情况。这些跨国研究应该有助于美国和其他国家的政策制定者学习其他制度在制定和完善国家目标方面的经验。该基金由美国国家科学基金会和美国教育部（教育研究与改进办公室）共同资助，美国国家科学基金会的资金主要用于美国案例研究，OERI的资金主要用于跨国视角的整合和解释。

In this three-year project, experienced field researchers, guided by an advisory committee of leaders of the American mathematics and science education reform movement, will conduct intensive case studies of eight major reform innovations of the 1980s. The innovations include: the NCTM standards project, Project 2061, the Urban Mathematics Collaborative, California's systemic reform of science education, Chemistry in the Community, Voyage of the Mimi, Kids Network, and Contemporary PreCalculus Through Applications. Simultaneously, coordinated through the Center for Education Research and Innovation (CERI) of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), parallel sets of case studies of elementary and secondary reform efforts in mathematics, science, and technology education will be undertaken in about 14 countries in Europe and Asia. (The other nations will cover the research project costs in their own countries.) Overall integration of the studies will be handled by an international steering committee. Such integration will involve the use of a common analytical scheme and interpretive framework, and will result in a major conference and summary volume in which all results will be reported in a form suitable for dissemination to the educational research and policy communities. In addition, there will be a published book-length report for each nation, coordinated through CERI, that will give full detail on the studies of each country. These cross-national studies should aid policy makers in the U.S. and other nations in learning from the experience of other systems in setting and refining national goals. This grant is co-funded by NSF and the Department of Education (Office of Educational Research and Improvement), with funds from NSF covering primarily the U.S. case studies and funds from OERI devoted primarily to the integration and interpretation of the cross-national perspective.